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God Makes All Things New

God makes all things new. The Passover teaches us three powerful truths. First, a new beginning: it’s time to forget the past and move forward, no matter how long you’ve waited or how many times you’ve failed. Second, a new identity: you no longer belong to the darkness or to oppression. You belong to God. You are his child, and he will never leave you or forsake you. Third, a new community: you don’t walk alone. When you fall, your…

Envy & Gratitude

Envy is the evil eye—wanting to destroy what someone else has because you want it so badly. It comes from deep childhood fears of scarcity, of not having enough love or care. The parable teaches something radical: there is enough to go around. When the last workers receive a full day’s wage for one hour’s work, the early workers rage. But they got exactly what was promised. Their agreement was honoured. The landowner’s generosity to latecomers doesn’t diminish what others…

The God Who Calls Us Forward

God invites us into radical root mobility. Abram left everything to follow God’s call. Moses uprooted his life to free a people. Peter and Andrew left their nets. We live between certainty and confusion—the “messy middle”—where we can’t see the finish line yet. You want easy answers about God, but scripture doesn’t give you that. It gives you testimony from generations: God liberates the oppressed, God cares about justice, God enters suffering in Jesus. No single story contains the fullness…

Called by Grace, Carried by Mercy

Revd. Adam explores what it means to be “located” by God’s grace. Through the story of Matthew the tax collector, you discover that being despised by society doesn’t make you invisible to God. Jesus actively searches for those on the margins, those forgotten and ignored. Matthew was seen as a collaborator with Rome, a social outcast, yet Jesus chose him. The sermon challenges you to recognise that God’s grace works like a magnet, seeking out those overlooked by community and…

Trinity Sunday

Trinity Sunday can feel mind-bending, but Jessica Dalton uses a brilliant analogy to make it click. Imagine alphabet soup. You can pick out individual letters, but they’re all swimming in the same broth. The Trinity works similarly: we can know things about God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit as distinct parts of our experience, but they’re inseparable from the whole. The sermon invites you to hold both simplicity and mystery together. You don’t need to…

Travelling through Life

Summer is a time of travelling, so whether you are at home, sitting on the beach or a long way away you are welcome to join us for our online summer series. Each week a different preacher will explore an aspect of their journey, physical or spiritual in a short act of worship.

No Ordinary Saint

For all saints day John leads us in worship entitled “No Ordinary Saint”, we have the beatitudes lead by voices from our congregation and a different version of “We are marching in the light of God”. A written order of service is available here.

Talking of God Together

This weeks service was prepared by the Thursday Bible Fellowship. You can download the order service here. You can download an additional sheet with text versions of the reflections and prayers here. If you enjoyed this service please consider giving a small amount to support the work of the church here. Prayers of Praise and Confession Psalm 63:1-5 Reflection: A Listening, Caring God Psalm 50: 1-3a Reflection: A Speaking God Prayers of Intercession Matthew 5:13-16 Reflection: Jesus as our Teacher and…
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